I know this question has more than likley been asked befor but i carnt find it, so which are best toyo's, falken's and any other makes people have, 225,45,16's. thanks jules

Toyo for me

Falkens any day of the week. I really don't like the Toyo's personally.

And thats how this thread will go Just like the hundreds of times it's been brought up before.

You pays your money, you makes the choices

I guess one of the mods could start a tyre poll if you ask them nicely ?

falkens

Falkens*





*But I only have a 20v NA and I've never (knowingly) tried Toyos since having them on a Nissan many years ago, and I think they'll have improved since then.....

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I've had Toyos for years on various cars and have found them to be excellent tyres.

Falkens for me!

I've got falkens and found them to be great, no complaints, but I'll get toyo's next time as I want to compare.

I have Falkens on my Argenta and they are crap. Dimension 205/50-15 though.

I have Goodyear GSD3's but i think will try TR1's this time round.

can you still get the old style gsd3 f1's i found them the best tryes on my old cars but they stopped them.

They won't be the FK-452's, as the FK-452 only come in 16" and upwards.

I just put some uniroyal rainsport 2's on mine. Had good reviews and i must say they dont disappoint.

after 3 sets of f1's i tried the falkens, havent noticed any real loss in performance and i prefer the stiffer side walls of the falkens

the uni royal rainsports are supposed to be excellent tyres around similar price to the fl's and would be a worthy choice too

why is that then sprintsteve?

maybe its all in my head but with the falkens it doesnt seem to squirm around and flex in the corners feels firmer and more responsive with them on

all in my opinion ofcourse !!

Toyos on mine, they feel great but they are new.
ps: the tread looks aggressive too ;-)

I'm running now on Hankook's RS2 and they REALLY are the best dry tire I've tried until this very day.

More grippy than F1s though in wet conditions the Goodyear's are a best choice.

Silly cheap too!!!

I've got Falken 512's on the Rallye. plenty of tread, and they look healthy, but they are the biggest load of pants tyres I've ever had the misfortune to trust my life with. I'm unsure how old they are, they don't look cracked or anything, but the traction is the opposite of Sunni (yeah Shiite) I'm going to replace four perfectly healthy tyres with something else. Problem is you can't get high performance rubber like Toyo T1's in 14" so it's a right polava finding decent tyres.

the 512's are poo pinin ! just like the falken ze 912 which are ditch finders in the wet!

how can a company make such good tyres as the 452's, which i like to run, and then others that are patently crap?

Probaly because the others are older designs.

Pirelli make crap tyres like the P6000's, but they also make good tyres like the PZero range.

i might get slated on this one but has anyone else had the nankang ns-2 tyres fitted on a coupe,i had them on my previous car(mind you it was only 138bhp

I have Nankang NS-2 Ultrasports on my golf as they came with the wheels, they are good in the dry but atrocious in the wet. T1-Rs will be going on when i need new tyres, for the price they are the best.

Eagle F1 GSD3's are the best wet weather tyre i have had, the wear much better than the toyos as well, not as much outright grip though. Uniroyal Rainsport 2's are average at best and not really worth the bother as they are the same price and tread style as the toyos but with an inferior compound.

Imo

I've not tried the Falkens yet but currently have the toyo's, all good news apart from the drone at motorway speed.

I used to use dunlop's on my focus rs it came with sp9000's, they were utter toot. I spoke to one of the engineers and he recommended 'rapid response' They were bloomin awesome for grip and life wasnt bad either. When I got the coop it had toyo's all round, wasn't disappointed though when i popped 2 falkens fk452's on the front was amazed at the difference the toughened up side wall made to handeling. Then again everyone's coop's different and people's personal tastes differ hugely. Neither toyo nor falken are bad tyres in my humble opinion.

Yep - they are great, but they are strictly speaking a track tyre with very stiff sidewalls.

Any current discounts running with Blackcircles that we know of ? thinking of getting some 452's and wana pay the least possible!

I'm just replacing my Falkens with T1r's. Best price I got was £275 for 4 delivered from www.camskill.co.uk

Good price TurboJ, how much will fitting be on top ?

Alot of tyre places local to me used to charge about £12 per corner, however recently some have quoted upto £25 !!

Do you think some garages prefer fitting tyres they have supplied ?

yep - some wont fit tyres unless they supply them.

I get them done for free but normal is £5-10 a corner

Where ? Or do you know the right people...wink wink ?

right people wink wink

I got a local garage to fit mine last week and they charged me £40 to fit 2 tyres, i wont be goin back there

Don't think a lot of tyre outlets like us buying our own tyres.......

......I asked for a quote on a tyre for my girlfriends fiesta a while back at my local place, they wanted almost £65 fitted for a nexen 185/55/14 !! just bought 2 online fitted for less than that! no wonder we search round online for the best deal!!

I have falkens on, but im going to try yohohama parada.
Ive had toyos T1R and prefer falkens .

I've fitted some Falkens having previously run Continental SportContact and Goodyear Eagle F1s.

From my point of view they are as good as either of the above for grip, and are only marginally less good than the Contis overall as they give slightly higher road noise at 70mph+. I'd take them over the Eagles all day long though.

Really excellent tyres for the price.

I prefer the Toyo t1Rs personally. I have both on different cars.

BTW if you are nearby call Bracknell Tyre & Battery for a price - they are usually much cheaper than camskill and cheaper than micheldever (part of the same group). They sell toyos cheaper than my local place gets them in at. T1Rs were £5/corner cheaper than camskill in the size I bought last and there prices are fitted rather than delivered

I've run FAlkens for years now, excellent tyres IMO. Hap Pirelis on when I got it. Then fitted Toyo's and had mhoosive understeer when they were getting low on tread. Cant really fault the Falens

Been on Yoko Parada spec 2 for a few months and cant fault them not cheap I Paid £100 per corner fitted but they have a fancy looking tread pattern too.